Over the last 40 years, the Iowa caucuses have been used as a bell weather of support for candidates vying for their party’s presidential nomination, and a tool for winners to attract financial support to continue to be competitive in other caucuses and...

On January 21, 2016, my colleage, Dr. Michael Artime, and I delivered the first lecture out of six in the series “Who Will Win the White House?” Video online now: If you missed the lecture and want to try to make sense out of the 2016 presidential...

This July, the Republican and Democratic parties will convene their national conventions to nominate their candidates for president. With a dozen GOP hopefuls still chasing the nomination, there is an increasing possibility of the Republicans facing a...

Political scientist Dr. Michael Artime and presidential historian Mike Purdy will offer a series of six free lectures at the University of Puget Sound (Tacoma, Washington) on the 2016 presidential campaign and election. The lectures will include a contemporary...

Foreshadowing what many would later say about the nation’s 29th president, Warren G. Harding’s propensity to use too many meaningless words, Abraham Lincoln once wrote about someone with whom he differed on issues as follows: “He can compress more...

Washington Didn’t Campaign for President: George Washington set the standard that held for years of not campaigning for President. Of course, he was the only president who won with unanimous support of the Electoral College. Front Porch Campaigns: As the...